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Facebook Public Pension Groups Replace Unions, Protecting Worker Retirement Savings
Facebook groups organized by public pension participants are increasingly doing the work unions should, exposing looting and...
Edward Siedle
Jan 9, 20241 min read
On St. Paul's Grand Avenue, businesses flee buildings owned by Ohio-based pension fund
Pottery Barn and Salut are the latest to depart Grand Avenue, where the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio owns considerable...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jan 8, 20243 min read
Ohio teachers pension board facing pivotal board election while director is investigated
Ohio's second largest public pension system put its director on leave, is fielding hundreds of public records requests from a mysterious...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jan 4, 20244 min read
Looting the pension funds
All across America, Wall Street is grabbing money meant for public workers. "One of the most garish early experiments in “alternative...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Dec 27, 20232 min read
Ohio Teachers Pension Fees Are More Than Double What The Pension Reported
In 2021, when STRS Ohio was touting investment fees of only $279 million, we estimated fees of nearly $1 billion. A new analysis based...
Edward Siedle
Dec 24, 20231 min read
Blade Editorial: Keep public comment
Anyone who has ever seen Ohio teachers address the STRS board would understand the hell to pay for restricting that forum. The State...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Dec 23, 20232 min read
"The public needs to be heard." - Pat Davidson
Thank you to Board members Julie Sellers, Rudy Fichtenbaum, and Pat Davidson for pushing back against placing additional restrictions on...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Dec 22, 20231 min read
What Would Have Happened If STRS Used Index Investing?
At the last STRS Board meeting, a Board Member asked, “What would have happened to STRS’s return if it had used index investing?” In that...
Rudy Fichtenbaum
Dec 19, 20234 min read
"STRS Ohio has invested its teacher pension funds in real estate from Boston to Seattle"
The impact of STRS Ohio's commercial retail estate investments on St. Paul's Grand Avenue Grand Avenue’s Pottery Barn to close in early...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Dec 10, 20238 min read
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